Gabbie and Xander walked down the street hand in hand. Being together was the only way those two made it through the day. Hensenville High wasn’t exactly a safe place for kids like them. The rest of the students weren’t forgiving that the honor roll kids also did less than respectable things for money.
Gabbie was a runaway and Xander’s parents were always traveling. They’d been leaving him alone for years now and when he found Gabbie he hid her away hoping she’d be safe. Then they met Ozzie. He offered them the family they always wanted in exchange for small favors. It was never a big deal at first. Be a look out here. Help move this there. Then once they were 15, he asked for more than they were willing to give and they tried to run. Ozzie sent his two best goons Slim and Tough after them. Xander was caught and Ozzie threatened to kill him if Gabbie didn’t come back on her own. She wanted to go to the police but couldn’t because they would send her back to her parents and she could never go back there.
Ozzie forced them to watch as he hurt the other as punishment for leaving the “family.” After that, they promised to do whatever he asked as long as they could go to school. Xander told Gabbie that if they could just graduate on time they could get out of Hensenville and as far away from Ozzie and the laws of physics would allow. The warning bell rang as they rounded the corner. Time for another day in hell.
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